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American Sociological Review, Dec 1, 1997

... Edward M. Crenshaw Ansari Z. Ameen The Ohio State University Lewin Group, Fairfax, VAMatthew ... more ... Edward M. Crenshaw Ansari Z. Ameen The Ohio State University Lewin Group, Fairfax, VAMatthew Christenson US Bureau of the ... While some researchers find the expected re-lationship (Jackman 1982; McNicoll 1984; Coale 1986; Bloom and Freeman 1988; Barlow 1994 ...

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ABSTRACT Although hyperurbanization has been linked to many problems in the Third World, we conte... more ABSTRACT Although hyperurbanization has been linked to many problems in the Third World, we contend that those nations in the greatest need of agglomeration economies are the ones experiencing the most rapid urbanization. We offer a view of hyperurbanization as a means of “jump-starting” development for those nations facing severe demographic, technological and organizational constraints. In samples of approximately 60 developing nations, results indicate that rapid growth in large-scale urbanization is a self-limiting dynamic that attenuates with urban and economic growth. The process of hyperurbanization is more pronounced in nations exhibiting low levels of urbanization, low-to-intermediate levels of development, poorly developed rural economies and very rapid population growth rates. These characteristics rather than urban growth itself account for the common finding that rapid urbanization damages economic growth. On the other hand, we find that the level of large-scale urbanization in 1965 is positively associated with economic growth between 1965 and 1990, supporting our view of hyperurbanization as an adaptive emergent property that helps some nations overcome severe constraints on development.

One disagreement that divides students of globalization and national development is the influence... more One disagreement that divides students of globalization and national development is the influence of international capitalism on economic growth and human welfare in developing countries. Another is the role of national states in harnessing global markets to serve broad-based human welfare. Those in the " neoliberal " camp view international capitalism as an unalloyed benefit that spurs economic growth, but consider strong, interventionist states counterproductive and repressive. Critics of globalization view international markets with skepticism, but champion the need for strong redistributionist governments in spreading both wealth and welfare. Using a maximal sample of LDCs (N=131) over the longest time period possible (1960–2007), we employ pooled time-series analysis with country fixed effects to determine whether a prima facie case can be made for either perspective. Regressing both economic growth and changes in infant mortality , our results broadly justify a " neoliberal " perspective in the contemporary development of LDCs, but some forms of government spending also contribute to prosperity and human welfare (i.e., education and the military), which tempers our conclusions.

This study establishes a socio-demographic theory of international development derived from selec... more This study establishes a socio-demographic theory of international development derived from selected classical and contemporary sociological theories. Four hypotheses are tested: (1. population growth's effect on development depends on age-structure; (2. historic population density (used here as an indicator of preindustrial social complexity) boosts contemporary economic performance; (3. ethnic polarization impairs economic growth; and (4. a nation's degree of sociolinguistic integration positively influences economic performance. Investigating annual changes in real gross domestic product per capita from 1970 to 2000, our pooled time-series analyses of 101 developed and developing countries generally support these hypotheses net of common alternative explanations, suggesting that the etiology of economic growth could benefit from the reintroduction of classic and contemporary sociological theories.

International Journal of Sociology, 2014

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oklahoma, 1986. Bibliography: leaves 76-81.

... With the exception of the coefficients produced for the logs of real GDP per capita in 1965 a... more ... With the exception of the coefficients produced for the logs of real GDP per capita in 1965 and total energy consumption in 1967 (market size), the results confirm the rudimentary ... economicgrowth, population growth, government consumption, and human capital formation ...

Social Forces, 1992

... forms expand in scope, others would argue that higher levels of political rights and ... De S... more ... forms expand in scope, others would argue that higher levels of political rights and ... De Soto's (1989) case study of Lima, Peru illustrates the kind of economie disenfranchisement that ... Thetheory posits that the technoeconomie heritage of nations has profound effects on their ...

Social Forces, 1993

... To provide a wider test, I also incorporate the percentage of agricultural households without... more ... To provide a wider test, I also incorporate the percentage of agricultural households without land in 1970 (Muller & Seligson 1987) as an alternative measure of land inequality and the log of population density in 1960 as an alternate ecological-evolutionary indicator. ...

Social Forces, 1991